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TO  THE  CITIZENS  OF  NORTH  ALABAMA. 

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In  pursuance  of  a  requisition  bade  by  Gen.  A.  S.  Johnston,  under  ihe  authority  of  the  War 
Department,  upon  Alabama,  for  twelve  months  troops,  the  Governor  issued  his  late  Proclamation, 
calling  upon  our  section  of  the  State  for  Volunteers,  for  that  term.  We  havp  seen  the  letter  of 
Gen.  Johnston,  and  believe  that  we  are  correctly  advised  of  our  true  situation — of  the  forces  of 
the  enemy,  as  well  as  our  means  of  resistance.  We  would  not  needlessly  alarm  or  excite  our  peo- 
ple, but  we  would  earnestly  imprest  upon  them  the  necessity  of  the  most  prompt  and  energetic 
action,  by  which  we  are  confident  success  ean  be  obtained:  while,  without  sneh  action,  suece- 
doubtful.  The  enemy  is  concentrating  in  heavy  force  ufoon  Colunibus,  Kentucky,  and  if  we  arc 
overwhelmed  with  Numbers  at  that  point,  Memphis  will  next  be  invested — the  contest  will  have  to 
be  carried  on  in  East  Ten  lessee,  and  you*  own  valley  may  suffer  the  unspeakable  horrors  of  inva- 
sion iron)  a  ruthless  and  unrelenting  foe.  Prudence  and  -at.M\  require  us  to  meet  the  enemy  on 
the  threshhold — to  defend  the  outposts  rather  than  the  citadel- — the  door-sill  rather  than  the  hearth- 
stone. The  valley  of  the  Tennessee  hafe  already  Bent  forth  her  volunteers  to  defend  the  soil  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  to  protect  our  Gulf  coast  fr6m  invasion:  it  is  necessary  that  they  should  rally  now  for 
the  protection  Of  their  own  families  and  tire-sides.  This  ean  betet  be  done  by  defending  QolumblM 
ami  Memphis.     Your  volunteers  are  required  at  the  earli  nt;   noHiime  is  to  be  li 

Every  arrangement  is  made  to  facilitate  the  transportation!  of  troops  to  th<  where  tl 

vices  \\  ill  !"■  required,  and  to  supph  them  with  subsistence  and  cquipn  All  they  want  t 

prepared  to  sflrVt,  are  Arms:  -  Guns  ^r  Rifles,  their  Bullet  Moulds,  Shot  Pouches  arid  Powder 
Flasks.!  Every  Gun  which  is  furnished,  will  be  returned,  or  paid  for;  and  no  man  who  has  one 
should  hesitate  in  furnishing  it  to  those  who  are  to   use  it   for  hi-  The  honor,  as  well   as 

the  safety  of  the  State,  is  involved  in  promptly  responding  to  the  requisition,  and  thus  avoiding 
the  necessity  of  meeting  the  exigency   by   a  draft   upon   the   militia,  which  nfusl  otherwise  be 

rted  to.  ^f 

Aayoui  Representatives,  wo  have  den 1  it   advisable,   in  view  of  the  mpmeutous  iuiw 

which  are  involved,  to  address  you.  and  most  earnestly   to  solicit    your  speedy  action. 

jg@=-  Editors  are  requested  not  to  publish,  but  to  use  every  other  means,   to  emulate. 

K   M    rvTTnvV^         *'      ~f  J.C.OPR,  W     B.  MARTI  k,  | 

JAMES  II    W  Ittfl  HI  KSPOON,  T.  M.  HARDW  ICK,  R. 

WM.  M.  JACKSON,  FRANCIS  W.  RICE,  E      '  I  •!;  1 1  "Ujfc. 

u  (i    NELSON  JONATHAN  LATHAM,  W.N    CRUM 

\   \  hughes,  t.  t.  cotn  \m.  a.  •'■  coleman, 

r  jemison  .ik.  thomas  j.  McClelland  james  middleton, 

wm.  ii.  jemison,  .1.  p.  com  \  \  •'  w  logan, 

V   \\    S"J  KES  ■     ■         ■     3  \Ml.s  SHELTON,  M.  L.  DAVIS, 

S  c   POSEV  S.  D.  CABANISS,  \.  HILL, 

\\  M    \l   GRIFFIN,  T.L.HAMMOND,  WM.  GRAVL1 

\    SNODGRA  CAN NADAY  BUTLER,  L.  W.  LAW1 

(i   W    MALONfi,  W.  W.  LITTLE. 

JOHN  D.  MILLER,  T.  A.  W  VLKER.  CB  ^S.  CAR'J 

\'.  R    BRINDLEY.  S.  M.  CARRUTH.  B.  W.  GRt 

.1.  B.TALLEY,  S.  D.  McCLELLEN,  R.  0.  PI< 
L  W.  LYNCH. 

Montgomery,  Ala.,  Dec.  1st,  1861. 


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